Forklift Training in North Dakota

Overview

When you take part in forklift training in the state of North Dakota, you’ll be licensed to drive a forklift across the entire state.

You can earn big benefits and a reasonably good living by taking part in this type of training.

Jobs are fairly lucrative and they are plentiful. On any given day, you’ll find a wide range of forklift driving jobs in any area, offering immediate employment to those who already have the training and experience.

Training & Licensing Requirements

You’ll benefit from the forklift training that you take in a wide range of ways.

You’ll be required to do the OSHA mandated training which includes theory as well as practical aspects such as driving the forklift.

You do need to take the examination and pass both practical and written with a seventy percent correct responses in order to get your license in North Dakota, but once you do, the certification is able to be used anywhere in the state.

You can use your forklift licensing to work in any area in North Dakota, from Fargo to Bismarck to Grand Forks.

You need to be at least 18+ years old.

Forklift Relicensing in the state of North Dakota

North Dakota is directed by the OSHA requirements for powered industrial vehicles. For more detailed information about relicensing check the Forklift Refresher Training page.

Salary Expectations

North Dakota is rank 3rd and just above Alaska in terms of hourly wage and annual salary earning potential. A forklift operator in North Dakota can expect to earn about $18.72 per hour or $38,940 pa.

However, if you worked in South Dakota you would earn on average $8,000 pa less than a forklift operator in North Dakota.

Hawaii is ranked the highest earning US state with Arkansas ranked the lowest.

Check the average earning potential for a forklift operator across all 50 US states by clicking HERE.

If you need advice or have any questions about employment law, business opportunities and support or wage and labor rates in North Dakota, you can contact the North Dakota Department of Labor.